Baku-APA. A massive wildfire in Alberta has grown to 850 square kilometres (328.2 sq miles), with thousands of people facing their second evacuation in three days, APA reports quoting BBC.
The blaze has grown five times its initial size as it spreads south, prompting more than 88,000 evacuations.
But 25,000 of those people who left their homes on Tuesday and moved north may now have to be resettled again.
"Our focus right now is on getting those people south as quickly as possible," said the Alberta premier.
The fire is growing in size due to high winds but it is "under control", said Rachel Notley.
Urban areas in the south are better able to support the displaced, officials said.
The fire started on Sunday in Canada's oil sands region and many oil sands projects have cut production.
There are still no known casualties from the fire but there was at least one vehicle crash with fatalities on the evacuation route.
Scott Long of the Alberta Emergency Management Agency called the blaze "an extreme fire event" and that rain would be needed to fight it.
Cooler temperatures and rain are forecast, giving hope that it could become easier to contain the fire.
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